Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-24

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Hotel Is a. Jolly looking fellow IN his way as
Kris KnngIe himself A little image OF him stands
IN a case at the National Museum He is repre-
sented as having great froc with little japanese
youngster whom he Is tossing in a bag. Hotel Is
The japanese Kris Kringle. He l. one OF the del
lies that figure IN the picturesque japanese folk
lore he Is prodigiOus favor1te with the chill
dren, 20 whom he brings gifts and tells pleasant
stories, and for whom hi performs all manner oil
tricks, being ever ready for a frolic- He is de-
scribed rs drawing. yawning, obese yagabond,
the god OF confentment. He Is squat, stout n.y.
ure, and, hike our own good st. Nick, has
- round face and a round little belly.
That shakes wEsH he laughs Ike bowl fun OF Jelly
His raiment Is very scanty and he Is supposed TO
be Door to represent cOntentment In poverty. He
Il figured sometimes as riding a buffalo, a he has
no reindeer 10 draw his sleigh like Kris kringle.
sometimes ne Is seen carrying sack, fan and
lamp, or sitting on a sack OF hemp. He Is repre-
sented at other times, as In the image
at the National Museum, as tumDling child about
in slck. tie sits down among the children and
has the grandesJ kind OF TOmpS with them and
plays the most amusing pranks, great innocent,
fun-IOving, laughing happy gOOd-fOr- nothing.
.'ln Japan" remarked the sage ethnOlogist, who
with The STAR reporter paid MS respects 10 the
country Is described, you know, as the paradise OF
children Their happiness Is the nrst eonsidera-
swarm on the stage and take possession OF every
thing. on. yes, they are spoiled In certain way.
children are regarded there as blessings
"TOyS: Yes, all nations have their toys. They
have their dolls and tops and games OF all kinds
The little japanese have battledOre and shuttle
cock the Chinese boys fly their kites the Koreans
have their sliding Kim or jumping Jack. Every
where In the world, among civilized people or
sayages you will md toys for the children"
TIE TOYS sIvAGES.
The professor stopped before a case filed with
title Indian cradles made OF bent strips OF wood
and thongs playtnings for Indians OF the SOUTH
west. With these cradles and little dolls dressed
up IA beade-i buckskin, dusky little maidens will
SIT and play as happily as any little misses In
washington, with their fiaxen-haired and elegant
E-cOstuLned wax dolls One elaborate Navajo
cradle L. trimrlei with many streamers of buck
skin and ornaDlented with little silver discs like
buttons The dolls, In nearly every case, repre-
sent not children. but grown people, and are
dressed. not a. papooses but as adults The Zunl
and Moki dolls represent gods that figure In the saw
age mythology. The toys OF savage children, like
these that fi the toy shops OF Washington, repeat
IN miniature the articles used in the real earnest,
serious eInplOyments OF their elders. Dininutfve
bows and aTrovs boats, axes houses, are fashioned
for the AMUSEMENT of the Indian child
TIE FUN OF EsQUINAUx YOUNGSTERS.
The Esquimaux boys have little sledges and go
out on sedgins parties One putting couple Of
sticks over his head runs about playing that he Is
awalrus, and the other boys with their sedges go
cut 10 hunt MIN. In the National Museum IL a
little Kayak or Esquimaux boat, made by some
father for his little son. IL Is about TWO feet long
and has a little man. dressed in seal skin hood
AMI coat, sitting IN the center with paddle In
lis MANU. AttaGutN 10 the are Strings. Pull
one OF Jne strings and the little man works his
paddle with regular motion; pull another and he
stops padding and gravely turns his head from
EsItIlIaaux toy Is sort OF tack-in-the-box II is
= fox skin that can be fiattened down and then
made To spring up into lilelike proportions by
toy used by some Peck's bad boy among the Es-
qliInaux and brought to the National Museum by
member Of the Point Barrow expedition Is a
WhalebOne bean-shooter. 10 Is fashioned with a
small depression at one end. In which the rogue
back ana lets 10 ny. when he hits any one 50
said the learned professor. he thrusts his hand,
vita the bean-shOuer into his pocket and looks In
some other direction unconcernedly as though
Ne never heard OF such thing rs i Dean-shOo,er.
In one end u the whaebone the boy had carved a
row III little teeth. with whirh he also did mis-
chief When some young Esluimaux buck put on
Ills new deer-skin coat and strutted about the
yOuugSter very ukcly gave him a little dig in the
back with the whalebone giving a twist 10 the
bone, ~ that 10 would pun OuI tuft OF hair ana
spCu the smooth surface OF the coat
AMONG THE NORTHWEST INDIANS.
An odt-IO1king toy from among the Northwest
Inilans Is a representation Of a huge clam shell
very sEiliu'ly carved Inside Is ;he clam made
OF bucS sSin and having feeder that will spring
oar suddenly when The shell Is opened The spring
Iisde the Feeder l. "A piece OF bent whalebone.
This feeder. or the end Of II. l. covered with red
powder The boz gOes about with his clam shell.
and when anyone expresses curiosity 10 see what
l. inSif h opens n. and the feeder sprfnging out
CDVer> the eyes and face OF the curious one with
the red powder. Then the owner Of the mis-
sJuiewherp else.
Oh the northwest coast Of America an interest
ins game Ike the game OF squalls Is played with
Attte dlsrs a wood about the size OF silver dol
lar mat - spread and some object Is placed in
are shot at the object by niIiping them with the
hDEST>. The one thai comes nearest or who
sDOcks his aiyersarys disc away 50 as TO leave his
Iwn Nearest the CENTRAL object, counts
They have. too, game Of odd and even, with
VEN simple nnpleInents These are two bits OF
Ivory. one with a string around 10 and the other
Without. If.<e heidi each I'm hand nv
yOungster and the other one guesSes In which
hand Is the ivory with the string around IL.
An ARIZONA BE,S-sBooTER-
From Arizona Is a bean-shOOter taken from some
Indian boy, made ingeniously out OF the hollow
stem OF a sHn-nDwer plant. A little bit Of plant
wood Is bent and fastened through the hollow
stem 80 as 10 make spring that will shoot a
bean or a pebble out OF the stem or reed Among
the collection Toy darts, spinning tops whip
Ping tops and toy bows and arrows IRON the
Pueblo Indians. The darts made by running
a sharp stics lengthwlse through a cOrn-cob. The
heel Of the cart l. feathered like an arrow. The
seininole iniians plsy marbles with the spherical
toy from Alaska Is what many Washington
COY has maze Tor himself The professor called It
Nhlzer u consisted Of a nat piece Of wood.
through which two leather thongs were passed
ne ends OF these thongs are held In the hands,
and the piece Of wood Is made 10 reyolve until the
thOnss are twisted tight. Then by alternately
tightening and loosening the tension on the thongs
the piece Of wood Is made % revOive fast tina IL
w1tzz- and huns. The Washington boy usu ally
Oses Circular piece OF TIN for his whiZZer.
TIE GAME or CBUNs-KKR
Chung-kee Is played quite universally among
American Indians large ring OF stone or wood
wound with strips OF rawhide Is made somewhat
sccentrc In shape 50 that when one OF the players
rolls II IL has an Irregular motion The players are
provided with poles, the length being twice the
heisht OF the player. The poles are made In two
sections ana lashed together. AT the middle OF
ths pole TOO, are number OF long strings OF deer
SKIN With these poles ana rings the Indian lads
play several gaines In one game the ring Is sent
rVlns at some distance from the player no tries
70 throw his pole So as 10 pass IL through the ring
y2se - the Knight OF the sorrOwful mien tries 10
catch the ring on his wooden lance at the tourney
IA anothsr game The pole Il thrown the ring so
as 10 stop IT, The man who throws 80 as 20 bring
the mig 10 the ground, with the greatest number
OF strings lying scrOss the nng scores the most In
tne tally kept OF The game Villages play az in,t
vhlasrS AMI there are many points In the game
1cssds those mentioned, Just there are many
Ioinss II loot ball besides kicking a ball about
etS the game known as lacrosse. In North western
Mexico and southern California the urls and
yoshg women play game OF skittles. Each
player has y wand, with which they shove
around two little bits OF wood connected by mes rs
OF . cord Jwo or three inches long. It Is a game
Or hockey Tor women Instead OF striking as with
handy, they catch the cord connecting the bits
81 wood with their wands and poke the bits OF
WOOD along.
CURIOUS EsQCIMAux GAMES.
The Esquimaux have a form OF the cup and ball
and make the game very difiicllI one Toy OF this
Kind In the National Museum Is IN the form OF an
ivory bear that has on one side many little holes
IN. and or f.r